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Quotes by Producer

"It is not enough for me to win. My enemies must lose."

"Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth."

"If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them."

"No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever."

"It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail."

"The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail."

"Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case."

"There are only two classes - first class and no class."

"It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies."

"The girls in high school who watched 90210? I was watching Seinfeld."

"My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out."

"I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I just sort of enjoy them like a viewer."

"Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad."

"I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?"

"On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us."

"Last year, at the beginning of the year, we couldn't get arrested, so I'll take this. Feast versus famine."

"If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends."

"I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty."

"Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union."

"They're stealing my ideas. They're imitating my shots."

"President Johnson offered the middle of the road."

"I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will."

"Stealing, you'll go far in life. Actually, there is something funny about getting away with it."

"Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can."

"I still that that movie-goers like the experience of leaving their homes and going to have a communal experience, especially in comedies or interactive things where you can get an audience reaction to."

"Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!"

"I realistically eat every hour and 15 minutes. I watch the clock to see when I eat again. I'm almost upset that I'm not eating now."

"Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California."

"I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes."

"Certainly there's got to be a little bit of reality show fatigue happening."

"Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success."

"A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for them."
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